Released September 1980 Length 39:55 Release date September 1980 Genre Jazz fusion | Recorded 1980 Artist Herbie Hancock Label Columbia Records | |
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Studio The Automatt, Filmways/Heider, The Village Recorder Mr. Hands
(1980) Herbie Hancock Trio
(1982) Producers Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson Similar Herbie Hancock albums, Jazz fusion albums | ||
Mr. Hands is the thirtieth album by Herbie Hancock. It features Jaco Pastorius on the track "4 A.M.," plus an all-synthesizer track, "Textures," performed entirely by Hancock. "Shiftless Shuffle" (originally recorded for the Japan-only album Directstep) features all five members of The Headhunters quintet that first appeared on the 1973 album Head Hunters, including the quintet's original drummer Harvey Mason. This album was the first on which Hancock used a computer, this time an Apple II. He would continue his relationship with Apple Computer for many years.
Contents
An overlooked album when it was released, this would be the last outing of "straight" electric jazz from Hancock for some time. Later albums focused more on his R&B influences.
Track listing
- "Spiraling Prism" - 6:25
- "Calypso" - 6:44
- "Just Around the Corner" - 7:36
- "4 A.M." - 5:23
- "Shiftless Shuffle" - 7:10
- "Textures" - 6:37
Personnel
Songs
1Spiraling Prism6:26
2Calypso6:42
3Just Around The Corner